Call on the PM to Raise the Issue of Tibet
January 15, 2005OTTAWA – Scott Reid, MP (Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington), Tenzin Dargyal, Director (Canada Tibet Committee) and Bloc MP Roger Clavet (Louis-Hébert) met on the on the eve of Paul Martin’s first visit to China as Prime Minister, to call on the PM to raise the issue of Tibet when he meets with the Chinese leadership next week. Along with letters from 159 other Members of Parliament, Mr. Reid presented an open letter to the Prime Minister asking him to encourage talks between China and the exiled Dalai Lama to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Tibet issue.
Mr. Reid has had a long-standing interest and involvement in human rights issues, starting back after he was first elected in 2000 when he began speaking out against the persecution facing Falun Gong practitioners in China. Since his involvement, dozens of practitioners with ties to Canada have been freed and permitted to come to Canada if they chose to do so.
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Please call (613) 257-8130 or (613) 947-2277.
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